Individual Artist category: 1922 books

Manet es uno de los artistas más famosos de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, ligado por lo general a los impresionistas, aunque en realidad no era uno de ellos. Tuvo gran influencia en la pintura francesa, en parte por la elección de sus temas, que sacaba de la vida cotidiana, pero también por el...

« Le 8 juin, dans la nuit, après soixante-trois jours de traversées diverses – soixante-trois jours pour moi de fiévreuse attente, d’impatientes rêveries vers la terre désirée – nous aperçûmes sur la mer des feux bizarres qui évoluaient en zigzags. Sur un ciel sombre se détachait...

Dream time starts when Carlos Stoner sits down to a blank page. This book passes those dreams to you. It chronicles his early works of art and the stories behind them. The collection will brighten your day and remind you of the wonders of God.

Welcome to GoFishFriday: The Art Book - a journey through CatchphraseDan’s #GoFishFriday weekly illustrated playing card project. Now, as you know, there are 52 weeks in a year, 12 hairs in a sandwich and 52 cards in a merry old deck - how convenient is that? Well, it was very convenient...

Vincent Van Gogh Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter In the world of art, Vincent van Gogh masterpieces are some of the most famous works of all. Vincent van Gogh created over 900 paintings in just under a decade and some of those works are indeed, masterpieces. A few of the most important ones are presented...

The official publication celebrating Judy Chicago’s feminist art masterpiece, The Dinner Party installation at the Brooklyn Museum, and an introduction to outstanding women in history.   Judy Chicago’s *The Dinner Party is a defining work of feminist and contemporary art that brought women’s...

Ever wondered how Bob Hoskins rose to stardom?Although most movie fans remember the surly and pudgy actor Bob Hoskins as the hard boiled detective in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the British actor was actually responsible for bringing a new level of class and artistic commitment to British film...

A year in London pomes and drawing

This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Doré, one of the nineteenth century's most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming with stunning images created to accompany the world's greatest literature, this volume compiles the very finest and most famous plates from Doré's work. Scores...

Known to many as "the Matisse of Japan," Mayumi Oda combines traditional Japanese and Buddhist iconography with her own unique sense of color, line, and movement. In this collection, her groundbreaking artwork is paired with essays by San Francisco Zen Center and Green Gulch Farm Zen Center...

Dürer is the greatest of German artists and most representative of the German mind. He, like Leonardo, was a man of striking physical attractiveness, great charm of manner and conversation, and mental accomplishment, being well grounded in the sciences and mathematics of the day. His skill in draughtsmanship...

Hieronymus Bosch was painting terrifying, yet strangely likeable, monsters, long before computer games were invented, often with a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about the mental dangers that befall those who abandon the teachings of Christ. With a life that spanned from 1450...

Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colours. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes...

At a time when the dominant mode of painting, Abstract Expressionism, emphasised expressive drama through bold brushwork and largely abstract compositions, Johns’ paintings of the American flag, targets, numbers and the alphabet demonstrated a decided departure from convention. Despite being painted...